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Activity: What is your preferred conflict handling style?

The source of this scale is: C. K. W. de Dreu, A. Evers, B. Beersma, E. S. Kluwer, and A. Nauta, "A Theory-based Measure of Conflict Management Strategies in the Workplace," Journal of Organizational Behavior, 22 (2001), pp. 645-68.

People have preferred ways to handle conflicts that they experience. Researchers have identified five conflict handling styles, and this self-assessment estimates the extent to which you prefer to use each of these conflict handling styles.
      Read each statement in this self-assessment and indicate how well the statement reflects the way you tend to act in a conflict with someone else. You need to complete each item honestly to get the best estimate of your preferred conflict handling style.

I give in to the wishes of the other party.
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I try to realize a middle-of-the-road solution.
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I push my own point of view
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I examine issues until I find a solution that really satisfies me and the other party
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I avoid confrontation about our differences
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I concur with the other party
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I emphasize that we have to find a compromise solution
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I search for gains
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I stand for my own and other's goals and interests
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I avoid differences of opinion as much as possible
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I try to accommodate the other party
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I insist we both give in a little
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I fight for a good outcome for myself
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I examine ideas from both sides to find a mutually optimal solution
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I try to make differences loom less severe
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I adapt to the parties' goals and interests
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I strive whenever possible towards a fifty-fifty compromise
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I do everything to win
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I work out a solution that serves my own as well as other's interests as good as possible
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
I try to avoid a confrontation with the other party.
      Not at all  1  2  3  4  5  Very much
 
  





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